Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON SCHOOLS·NCES 370003000199
Grove Park Elementary
141 Trail One, Burlington, NC 27215 · (336) 570-6115 · Alamance County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
434 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
23.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
36.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Grove Park Elementary
Grove Park Elementary's state test result (31.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove Park Elementary this school | 437 | 99.3% | 31.2% |
| Eno Valley Elementary Durham | 440 | 99.3% | 40.1% |
| Fox Road Elementary Raleigh | 430 | 99.3% | 40.8% |
| College Park Elementary Wilmington | 470 | 99.4% | 35.7% |
| Charles England Elementary School Lexington | 381 | 95.8% | 43.3% |
| Edward D Sadler Jr Elementary School Gastonia | 374 | 99.2% | 32.6% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Grove Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Alamance County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #1,235 of 1,297 | #16 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #1,193 of 1,296 | #15 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #1,256 of 1,300 | #17 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #789 of 1,485 | #16 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #678 of 1,377 | #7 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #274 of 1,379 | #10 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #383 of 1,414 | #8 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #683 of 937 | #11 of 14 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
437
+31 (+8%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 437 | 29.6 | 14.8:1 | 99% (434) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 28.8 | 14.1:1 | 99% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 30.8 | 12.7:1 | 99% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 99% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 34.2 | 13.8:1 | 99% (470) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 100% (660) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 75% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 522 | 32 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grove Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (473 to 437); teachers down 13% (34.2 to 29.6).
About Grove Park Elementary
The public elementary school Grove Park Elementary is located in Burlington, North Carolina. It had 437 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Alamance-Burlington Schools has a total of 37 schools and 22,661 students, Grove Park Elementary among them.
The biggest share of students at Grove Park Elementary, 43%, is Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Hispanic, 13% White, and 10% multiracial. In Alamance County overall, about 20% of residents are Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Grove Park Elementary scores 69%.
The school lists 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is similar, at 14.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 99% of the student body. Across public schools in Alamance County, the average is 80%.
Grove Park Elementary holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 4% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The model predicts 48.5% for a school in North Carolina with Grove Park Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Grove Park Elementary posts 31.2%.
In the wider Alamance County area, median household income comes to about $65,651, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Alamance County counts 42 public schools with about 25,737 students.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Walter M Williams High, is the closest to Grove Park Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Grove Park Elementary. On proficiency, Grove Park Elementary is behind the 41.3% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
In the federal locale system, Grove Park Elementary is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 31 students, from 406 to 437. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.8:1) than in 2020-21 (12.7:1).
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Alamance County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
176,893
Census ACS
Median income
$65,651
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
25,737 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alamance-Burlington Schools
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Southern Alamance HighHigh · 1,148 students
- Western Alamance HighHigh · 1,138 students
- Southeast Alamance HighHigh · 1,079 students
- Eastern Alamance HighHigh · 952 students
- Hawfields MiddleMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in Burlington
- Walter M Williams HighHigh · 1,206 students
- Clover GardenCombined · 963 students
- Hugh M Cummings HighHigh · 807 students
- Turrentine MiddleMiddle · 739 students
- Highland ElementaryElementary · 661 students
- Hillcrest ElementaryElementary · 556 students
Other Grove Park Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Grove Park Elementary. Grove Park Elementary is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Grove Park Elementary SchoolCharlotte, NC · 740 students
- GROVE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWEST PALM BEACH, FL · 656 students
- GROVE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLORANGE PARK, FL · 445 students
Nearby schools
- Walter M Williams High0.7 mi · 1,206
- Turrentine Middle0.8 mi · 739
- Marvin B Smith Elementary1.0 mi · 556
- Hillcrest Elementary1.6 mi · 556
- Harvey R Newlin Elementary2.3 mi · 491
- Elon Elementary3.3 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About Grove Park ElementaryHow large is Grove Park Elementary?
Grove Park Elementary enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Grove Park Elementary serve?
Grove Park Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Grove Park Elementary?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Grove Park Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Grove Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Grove Park Elementary are roughly 13% White, 32% Hispanic, 43% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Grove Park Elementary public or private?
Grove Park Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Alamance-Burlington Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.